Thank Your Lucky Stars
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Pop music programme which is best known for its 'Spin-a-disc' segment, clearly intended to replicate the success of [[Juke Box Jury]]. | Pop music programme which is best known for its 'Spin-a-disc' segment, clearly intended to replicate the success of [[Juke Box Jury]]. | ||
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+ | <div class="image">[[File:Thankyourluckystars spinadisc logo.jpg|400px]]''Let's get spinning''</div> | ||
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+ | <div class="image">[[File:Thankyourluckystars spinadisc record.jpg|400px]]''Close your eyes if you're playing the game at home.''</div> | ||
Spin-a-disc invited a panel of "typical teenagers" to review the latest singles - usually those from the USA hit parade - and award up to five points for each one. The winning disc became their Record of the Week. | Spin-a-disc invited a panel of "typical teenagers" to review the latest singles - usually those from the USA hit parade - and award up to five points for each one. The winning disc became their Record of the Week. | ||
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+ | <div class="image">[[File:Thankyourluckystars panel.jpg|400px]]''SEVEEEEEEEEEEN!!!''</div> | ||
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+ | <div class="image">[[File:Thankyourluckystars scoreboard.jpg|400px]]''And that was a "hit" from the panel.''</div> | ||
A young teenager Janice Nicholls with a broad Staffordshire accent came to fame on the show thanks to her catchphrase "Oi'll give it foive". She was regularly asked back as the third member of the panel. Her website is [http://www.foive.co.uk foive.co.uk]! | A young teenager Janice Nicholls with a broad Staffordshire accent came to fame on the show thanks to her catchphrase "Oi'll give it foive". She was regularly asked back as the third member of the panel. Her website is [http://www.foive.co.uk foive.co.uk]! | ||
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+ | <div class="image">[[File:Thankyourluckystars brainmatthew.jpg|400px]]''[[Brian Matthew]]''</div> | ||
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+ | <div class="image">[[File:Thankyourluckystars janicenicholls.jpg|400px]]''Janice Nicholls.''</div> | ||
== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
The Beatles' first professional television performance was on this show. On the final ''Goodbye Lucky Stars'' show, the producers cheekily intercut their original performance with shots of the real audience supposedly "watching" them. | The Beatles' first professional television performance was on this show. On the final ''Goodbye Lucky Stars'' show, the producers cheekily intercut their original performance with shots of the real audience supposedly "watching" them. | ||
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+ | <div class="image">[[File:Thankyourluckystars janicenicholls beatles.jpg]]''Every 60s teenager's dream, meeting The Beatles.''</div> | ||
== Web links == | == Web links == | ||
[http://www.televisionheaven.co.uk/tyls.htm Television Heaven's page] | [http://www.televisionheaven.co.uk/tyls.htm Television Heaven's page] | ||
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+ | <div class="image">[[File:Thankyourluckystars titlecap1.jpg|400px]]''DJ, turn it up.''</div> | ||
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+ | <div class="image">[[File:Thankyourluckystars cillablack.jpg|400px]]''[[Cilla Black]] trying to get teen points.''</div> | ||
[[Category:Variety]] | [[Category:Variety]] |
Revision as of 03:26, 10 January 2017
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Host
Pete Murray (original host)
Keith Fordyce, Don Moss, Brian Matthew plus others
Co-hosts
Janice Nicholls (3 years)
Broadcast
ABC for ITV, 1 April 1961 to 30 April 1966 (about 160 episodes)
Synopsis
Pop music programme which is best known for its 'Spin-a-disc' segment, clearly intended to replicate the success of Juke Box Jury.
Spin-a-disc invited a panel of "typical teenagers" to review the latest singles - usually those from the USA hit parade - and award up to five points for each one. The winning disc became their Record of the Week.
A young teenager Janice Nicholls with a broad Staffordshire accent came to fame on the show thanks to her catchphrase "Oi'll give it foive". She was regularly asked back as the third member of the panel. Her website is foive.co.uk!
Trivia
The Beatles' first professional television performance was on this show. On the final Goodbye Lucky Stars show, the producers cheekily intercut their original performance with shots of the real audience supposedly "watching" them.